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The trademark of a strong cumulonimbus cloud is the overshooting top, a "cauliflower-like" cloud structure extending above the anvil of the storm like a dome. Overshooting tops develop on thunderstorms that have powerful updrafts and they typically develop on Cumulonimbus capillatus incus, as spotted here near Sherman, Illinois, US.
A merged line of storm cells viewed from above the clouds, over the Java Sea, between Jakarta and Bali, Indonesia
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A dissipating storm spotted near Maroubra Beach, New South Wales, Australia
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Cumulonimbus viewed from above the clouds, over Great Sandy Desert, Australia
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Cumulonimbus incus spotted over Skagit County, Washington, US
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Cumulonimbus incus spotted near Tolsta, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
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Multiple examples of Cumulonimbus incus forming within a line of storms, spotted from above the clouds over Western Australia
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Signs of dissipating Cumulonimbus incus over the Bristol Channel towards England, spotted by Jean Deery near Barry, South Wales
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A dissipating cumulonimbus with remnants of an incus, spotted from inside a bus near Mogi Mirim, Brazil
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Two examples of Cumulonimbus incus, also known as anvils, spotted along the horizon, associated with dissipating storm systems near Watchet, Somerset, England
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An approaching storm over Atagohama Central Park, Fukuoka City, Japan
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A dissipating cumulonimbus incus spotted over Scottsdale, Arizona, US
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Cumulonimbus Incus spotted to the northeast of the East Texas Regional Airport, Longview, Texas, US
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An expansive display of mammatus (mamma) spotted by Sally Grace Mindrebo, over Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
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A storm system captured at sunset, near Los Alamos, New Mexico, US
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A storm system over San San Carlos Bay, Sonora, México
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